[cma-l] Joint PRS/PPL licences

[Richard Hilton]

Does anyone know how PPL and PRS 'consult?  Will it be similar to an Ofcom consultation? It would be useful if someone could ask when and how this will be done if it is not clear from their letter.

Economies of scale by doing this mean that anything less than a reduction in our costs should be resisted.

Thanks

Richard


From: cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Gray, Two Lochs Radio
Sent: 30 June 2016 11:55
To: 'The Community Media Association Discussion List'
Subject: [cma-l] Joint PRS/PPL licences

We received an interesting letter today from PPL giving notice of termination of our current licence on 31 Dec because they are proposing to come up with a joint PPL/PRS licence for community radio from that date.

This should make things easier for everyone and reduce the admin burden, which is good news, and I guess will be generally welcomed.

The letter says PPL and PRS will be consulting with the sector over the plan - I would urge CMA and anyone else able to respond to press for the new minimum fee to be no more than the present minimum fee of either one of the two bodies.

It seems to me if the new system will reduce their admin costs, there should be no need for more than the equivalent of one current minimum fee to cover that, especially as no doubt nowadays more of the admin is done at low cost by IT than it used to be, rather than an army of clerks.

Alex

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